noun
- a hot coal or ember; a glowing piece of burning wood or coal
Usage: archaic; chiefly British
Examples
- The dying fire left only a few gleeds glowing in the hearth.
- She carefully placed the gleed on the kindling to restart the fire.
- The blacksmith worked with gleeds from the forge.
- A single gleed remained after the bonfire burned down.
- He used a gleed to light the candle.